Song Mingyue

Chapter 29
To the west of the hall, there are six large hardwood countertops, three sides covered by curtains.

There is a charcoal stove with red charcoal fire on the table, large and small pots, chopping boards, all kinds of knives and various seasonings. Of course, it also includes commonly used auxiliary ingredients such as onions, ginger, and garlic. It also prepares the main ingredients requested by the participating chefs in advance— - Chicken, duck, fish, meat, mutton, beef, seafood, etc. have everything.

The one who actually hosted the competition was Wang Hong, the housekeeper of the Wang family. The Wang family has always been the best, so it is most suitable to be the host of the competition if it does not participate in the dispute between Zhao Xie and the Zheng family.

After all the preparations were ready, with the sound of clappers, six chefs were divided into two teams, all wearing white robes, and entered from both sides.

On the white robes of the chefs of the two teams, the characters "Zhao" and "Zheng" were embroidered on the chest respectively to show the camps they represented.

The Zhao family is naturally led by Uncle Tang, followed by two chefs who are the best chefs in each restaurant of the Zhao family and who have worked hard to learn the "Nine Suns Cooking Manual".

However, when Xie Wen saw the extremely obese chef led by the Zheng family, his face changed drastically, and he said to Xie Yu anxiously: "Tell your aunt quickly, this person is the chief chef of the Taihe Building in the capital." , I met this person in the capital last year, and the Zheng family violated the rules."

Taihe Building in Beijing is one of the top ten most prestigious restaurants in Bianliang, especially famous for its stir-fried dishes. Now that the chief chef of Taihe Building is on the scene, the Zhao family's competition is probably more ominous than good.

When the news reached Xie Yun and Zhao Shiyu, Xie Yun was so shocked that he took the case and immediately sent the housekeeper to negotiate, but the news he got was helpless.

The Zheng family bought the Taihe Building in the capital more than half a year ago. The chief chef of the Taihe Building is the chef of the Zheng family. There is nothing wrong with that...

Xie Yun and Zhao Shiyu couldn't help showing a look of worry on their faces. Losing Hefenglou is a minor matter, but losing face is a major matter.Xie Yun turned around and was about to ask Zhao Hao, but saw the precious son lying on the table and fell asleep, feeling distressed and angry.

"Little enemy, don't sleep!" Xie Yun gently shook Zhao Hao awake.

Zhao Hao raised his head and stretched his waist. Seeing that the game hadn't started yet, and hearing Liang Lie rambling about the Zheng family's hiring of foreign aid from the capital, a look of disdain appeared on his face.

"What are you afraid of? Mr. Wang is my quasi-father-in-law, Mr. Meilin is my confidante, Mr. Wang is my old man, Mr. Lu and Mr. Zhou are both my teachers, and I will definitely win this competition."

This guy ran the train with his mouth full, and fell asleep on the table again, only to hear Xie Yun and Zhao Shiyu staring at each other, at a loss for what to do.

"This little enemy has a big heart, and he can sleep well on such an occasion... But since the Wang family is willing to help, there is a turning point for this matter." Xie Yun muttered to herself.

God is pitiful, if Wang Tong heard these words, he must have a look of bewilderment.

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There are five judges, Wang Hanzhi is in the middle, Wang Tong is on the left, Lu Qing is on the right, and Zhou Jin and Meilin Layman - Yang Fang are on the two sides.

Wang Tong and Wang Hanzhi turned their heads to chat with each other from time to time, they seemed very familiar, while Lu Qing and Zhou Jin sat upright with solemn expressions, only Yang Fang looked indifferent, elegant and quiet.

At this time, the first round of cooking competition is also in full swing.

Six kitchen tables and stoves, six chefs representing the highest level of cooking in Jiangning, are nervously cooking their special dishes.

This may be the first serious culinary competition in Chinese history.Cooked on the spot, supervised by more than 100 people, tasted and scored by five judges in turn.

The competition implements a five-point full-score system, which is calculated based on the total scores of the five judges, but the highest and lowest scores are not removed.

In order to make the competition process more exciting, a single-round elimination system is implemented, that is, the two lowest scorers are eliminated in each round, and the best one is determined in three rounds, called "King Chef".

Five judges, one is the head of the palace, one of the four major palaces, one is the parent official of the Jiangning mansion, two are famous Confucian scholars in Jiangning, and one is a mysterious and famous piano player in Jiangnan. Yang Fang's status is slightly lower. But also convincing enough.

These five people are all people who cherish their reputation very much, how can they be selfish?

The whole hall was filled with steam. Although the curtains were added on three sides, you could still hear the clanging sound of cutting vegetables, the sound of cooking vegetables, and various scents wafting in the wind, but there was no seal around it. The solid walls and the breeze from the river did not make the smell too strong.

Relatively speaking, the women in the west will suffer a bit, after all, the stove and kitchen table are closest to them.

During the waiting process, there are singing, dancing and piano performances from time to time, and the sound of silk and bamboo all around, which is not boring.Moreover, most of the women who performed were the top names in various brothels and brothels, with both sex and art, and there were also many high-spirited ladies, making the atmosphere extremely lively and yet elegant.

Moreover, this time is probably the most gathering time for the upper-class people in Jiangning City. All the scholars and scholars want to take this opportunity to visit and make friends. It's considered a grand event.

However, this is a competition after all, a culinary competition between Zhao and Zheng. Although the loser will not be injured, he will lose his face.

And big houses like Zhao Mansion and Zheng Mansion, what they value most is reputation and face.

The first round of the competition finally came to light. Plates of steaming delicacies were carefully served in front of the five judges by a servant in a green coat. All judges are invited to taste and judge.

Six chefs, all cooking!

Although there were six dishes, Zhao Hao and everyone's attention was focused on two of them.

A plate of big Chu blood duck, the first style of Jiuyang cooking scriptures, produced by Uncle Tang.

A plate of "Small Trial" is actually stir-fried yellow beef, produced by Wang Gang, the number one chef of Taihe Building in Kyoto.

Although the slaughter of farm cattle is prohibited at this time, it is only restricted to the common people. The upper class in Jiangning City eat fresh beef every day.

Firstly, no one dared to report, secondly, no one would listen to the report, and thirdly, even if someone was serious, the Song Dynasty prohibited the slaughter of cattle that could plow the fields, as long as they were injured and could not plow the fields, they were allowed to be slaughtered Yes, but also impeccable.

Sure enough, although the other four people's stir-fried dishes were considered delicious at the time, they may not be considered as delicious in the eyes of Wang Tong, Wang Hanzhi, Lu Qing and Zhou Jin.And Jushi Meilin, after being trained by the dude who said "a chef who can't write poetry is not a good son", his food realm has naturally improved a lot.

Among the four, most scored three and four points, and none scored five points.After the five judges hurriedly judged, they focused all their attention on "Big Chu Blood Duck" and "Small Test".

At this moment, the audience was silent, and everyone's eyes were focused on the judges' bench to the east.

(End of this chapter)